Colony Blog
blog.colony.io · Company blog · on HN since 2015
Colony's company blog covers its decentralized work platform, Ethereum smart contracts, token sales, and legal and organizational questions around crypto projects.
What HN saysHN links it mainly for its post arguing a Colony token sale would have been securities fraud, and commenters debate the regulatory risk of ICOs.
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Most-shared posts
- 1The Colony token sale would have been committing securities fraud6 people · 77 points · first shared 2017 · 41 comments on HN
- 2The Future of Work3 people · 4 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 3Bitcoin can be seen as the prototypical example of a new organisational paradigm2 people · 6 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 4Securing Local Storage for DApps2 people · 4 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 5On creating a better employee equity plan2 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 6Colony beta product summary 2121a357d61d2 people · first shared 2017
- 7Colony is a platform for community collaboration1 people · 64 points · first shared 2020 · 28 comments on HN
- 8Writing upgradable contracts in Solidity1 people · 8 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 9Towards better Ethereum voting protocols1 people · 7 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 10An Ethereum hard fork is not a bailout; it’s foiling a bank robbery1 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 11Colony Q1 2018 Update1 people · 3 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12Why a post hard fork Ethereum will be more valuable1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 13Why Colony1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 14SolCover: A code coverage tool for Solidity1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 15What happens to our jobs with the increase of AI usage?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
QAPereo · 2017-10-29
“This distinction is interesting and important...”
...and will be at the eventual inquest I’m sure.
https://blog.colony.io/the-colony-token-sale-7ac14c845bc0
corford · 2017-10-24
I like ETH (especially the lack of fork drama every few months) but the only thing that's stopping me regularly buying more is a fear for what will happen to the price if the ICO market starts receiving sustained negative attention from regulators. Blog posts like this one suggest a (probably necessary imho) storm is coming: https://blog.colony.io/the-colony-token-sale-7ac14c845bc0
I know ETH isn't just about ICOs but I remain skeptical how big of a market there is, outside of the ICO world, for Dapps and smart contracts. That's before considering potential competition from projects like NEO, ARK and LISK; which could further splinter demand.
elena_di · 2017-10-05
Yes ants and bees! And the intelligence with which they organise their work and life https://blog.colony.io/the-future-of-work-cf99211e7ac4
cvsh · 2017-10-05
It will probably come to mind for folks whose families were affected violently by colonization.
That this wasn't brought up during the naming process paints a pretty clear picture of the team's demographic makeup.
Edit: Yep. https://blog.colony.io/colony-q3-update-9daa57d0918c
mbrock · 2017-10-05
https://blog.colony.io/the-colony-token-sale-7ac14c845bc0
A protocol token is part of the Colony roadmap, but they won't do a token sale until the product is ready, to minimize the risk that their token will be considered an unlicensed security by the SEC.
Protocol tokens or "app tokens" in general are really exciting, and a lot of the smart VC people are talking about them. The latest episode of the A16Z podcast is all about protocol tokens, for example.
dreamdu5t · 2017-06-13
I signed up for the mailing list a year ago, and I don't think they've ever offered me access to their alpha. They've been around for 2+ years and don't seem to have a product that's accessible yet.
EDIT: looks like they do now: https://blog.colony.io/colony-beta-product-summary-2121a357d61d
boltn · 2017-02-07
colony.io's beta just launched https://blog.colony.io/colony-beta-product-summary-2121a357d61d
willyk · 2016-09-01
seems odd to suggest Colony is the new hotness, when there isn't a product available yet -- looks like Sep is the target date (https://blog.colony.io/an-update-on-colony-july-2016-7e2004e8aaa9)
wakamoleguy · 2017-10-03
It seems that in practice, yes, most people who are buying into ICOs have an expectation of profits based on the actions/development/promotion of a third party team running the project. Matt Levine talked about some of the nuances of this back when the SEC released a report about the DAO[1].
A couple days ago, I stumbled across a blog post of the Colony.IO project[2], who are creating a token and blockchain platform for distributed organizational management (coincidentally similar in concept to the DAO). They go into detail about their plans for having an ICO only once they have a product actively functional. The hopes are that with a working product, people buying the tokens will do so with the expectation that it is a sale of services, rather than an investment security. Now, their perspective is that of the team and their lawyers, and not necessarily that of the SEC. But if there is hope that ICOs won't all be securities, I think that is the pathway.
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-26/tokens-vaults-ties-…
[2] https://blog.colony.io/the-colony-token-sale-7ac14c845bc0